Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-19
More Railroad Talk.


Adjutant- General A. B. Campbell, Of
Topeka, was here last Friday, as the
agent Of the Santa Fe railroad to sub
NIT propositions to Ningona and Lake
City townships. He went to Mingora
Friday afternoon, in company with
Riley Lake and A. j. johnson, and in
the evening at pnblic meeting, told
the people what his road wanted. He
said that il Mingons township would
vote $1,000 to the Chicago, Kansas and
Western railroad, 1.-THE Santa Eel it
would extend the Southern Kansas road
from Medicine Lodge to Mingona. He
also announced that he would make
similar proposition to Lake City town.
ship, though there he would ask for
$4,000 and would promise to extend
the road up Bear creek from a point
west Of Lake City.
The people at the MIngona meeting
were not inclined to look with much
favor on the proposition Of Gen. Camp
bell. They had, almost without excep-
ton, the day before, signed petition
asking for a special election to vote
S22,O in aid to the Kansas and Pan
handle railroad, 1.-THE Missouri PacIfic)
which road proposes to build to Med
icine Lodge from Kingman and from
Medicine Lodge extend west by way of
MingOna, Lake City and Sun City.
However, a committee was appointed
to circulate the Santa Fe petitions.
In attendance at the Mingona meet
ing was delegation of ten from this
city, who went out for the purpose of
seeing that the Kansas and Panhandle
proposition did not receive black eye
from Gen. Campbell. The prOclama-
ton by the sheriff, in this issue, calling
a special election in Mingona township
to vote on the question of extending
aid to the Kansas and Panhandle, tells
how successfully the friends Of the lat
ter road held their own.
From Mingona, the same night, Gen.
Campbell and his heutenants went or
to Lake City and submitted the propO-
sition mentioned above, to the people.
We understand that at Lake City, as
at Mingona, there is not a great amount
of enthusiasm over the Santa Fe prop
OsitiOn. 1t appears to be the opinion
that the Santa Fe must pull west from
Medicine Lodge whenever any other
road shows disposition to invade its
territory up the river; and it is the
general belief that it will go as quickly
without township aid as with it.
There is also suspicion that this
move of the Santa Fe in asking a
smaller amount of township bonds
than the Kansas and Panhandle asks
in MingOna and Lake City townships,
is in reality a movement to defeat the
aid proposed for the latter road, in
which event it would not be necessary
for the Santa Fe to extend west from
Medicine Lodge or even talk about it
until some other competing road again
stirs it into activity.
But another suggestion was made at
Mingona that sounded queer to say
the least. 1t was that y. J. Johnson,
of Elm Mills, would not be SO interest
ed in the Santa Fe propositions did he
not believe that Elm Mills was TO profit
by them; and that he had been assured
that if the Kansas and Panhandle aid
could be defeated that then the Santa
Fe would remain at Medicine Lodge
and seek its western outlet with the
Mulvane extension by way of Elm
Mills and Lake City. There may be
something in this suggestion.
Gen. Campbell returned from Lake
City Saturday and at the depot he re-
marked to a Kansas and Panhandle
official: I'VE will make it decidedly
interesting for you folks in Mingona
and Lake City townships" 1t is in
ferred that he meant that the Santa
Fe would fight the propositions to vote
aid to the Kansas and Panhandle road
in those townships.
a delegation of prominent citizens
will leave here this afternoon and at
tend a railroad meeting at Lake City
tonight. They are interested in
seeing that the Kansas and Panhandle
road does not lose any of its friends in
that township.